The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-28 00:00:00

I IyERPOOL (LAST NIGHT). VELIC DINNER TO AIR. O'CONNELL (BY EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS). SUN-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. our gxpress would have arrived three hours earlier, but for some unaccountable, and we fear foul play at Liverpool, by a party there in our confidence, which shall be duly inquired into. Liverpool, Wednesday (Yesterday-) Morning. Mr. O'Connell arrived this morning at - six o'clock, by the mail steam-packet, and immediately afterwards pro ceeded to the Adelphi Hotel. The Hon. Gentleman was accompanied by Mrf. O'Connell, his son Morgan John O'Connell, and some oth er mem b ers o f hi s f am il y , an d t h e Ron. Mr. Lawless, son of Lord Cloncurry. Mr. Shed and 1 1. Wyse, who, it was expected, would have arrived by the same packet, have not yet reached Liverpool. The greatest enthusiasm prevails among all classes, and even at the early hour at which the steamer reached the pier, the cheers of the assembled multitude were neither " few nor far between." The Tories are at their wits end at the idea of Mr. O'Connell being publicly entertained by the citi zens and Corporation of Liverpool, and have posted pla cards all over the town, containing the following significant and pithy advice :—" Protestants, awake! Let your watch word be Church and State—remember that ! " It having been announced that Mr. O'Connell would address the people publicly from the Adelphi Hotel at half-past one o'clock, long before that hour the vast space in front of the building was crowded in every part. The trades marched in procession, with bands of music, and a variety of flags and banners, bearing_ appropriate devices and ioscriptio ns . E very w i n d ow an d balcony that could command a view of the hotel was filled with ladies, and on the lowest calculation there could not be less than be tween twenty and thirty thousand persons assembled. Mr. O'CoNNELL having at length presented himself, lie was received with the most vehement cheers. They lasted a considerable time, and when they had subsided, he said— lie regretted, he most deeply regretted, that be had not b een able to keep his appointment, and come into town to day with them.—(Laughter.) He deeply regretted that he had been compelled to deprive himself of that gratification and pleasure. If he could have anticipated the possibility of his arriving so soon, he would have come in at the head " the tail—(Laughter)—of the honest people of Liver- Pool. The Tories said he was a great conjuror, but he Was not yet able to command the wind and the tide, or time ;I d Place, or he certainly would not have disappointed his -t ' e nds, Englishnien or Irishmen, in Liverpool. He (Cheers.) deli g h te d to be t h us surroun d e d i n E ng l an d.— kk.heers.) He was glad of it, because in the career Which Nat ure—aye, and perhaps h e m i g h t say N ature ' s G o d, th e mark e d out for h i m, h e ha d i ncessant l y s t rugg l e d f or ''ne preservation and extension of civil and religious liberty. se birth e d ,throughout the wide limits of the Green Island of men of every creed and class.—(Cheers.) Oh, f r 7 l L e valued their applause ! It was not out of vanity or h-- -- '‘"e Personal gratification which it afforded to him, but si e t y eause it Proved that the people were alive to the neces the iteufmspnrea.ding liberty, civil and religious—amongst all str ugg i es a kind.—(Cheers.) It might appear that the Which had marked his life were something of a strug gles nature. No such thing ; for though he had looked 11 ;,, e mancipation, from the Catholics of Ireland, it was the on the principle that they were entitled to it—on e P r inciple which would give liberty to the Protestants in Span' or the Christians in Constantinople.—(Loud cheers.) i hav ing obtained Emancipation, the English had time to ° LUC. after their own rights.—(Cheers.) They had not Reform to d o so w h en concerne d i n t h e strugg l es o f o th ers . Parliament was then the cry. —(Cheers.) The j,"Y becam e i rres i st ib le, and b e was prou d, i n E ug l an d t o °4B t, that t o t h at Reform Bill h e h a d g i ven a d ec i s i ve , . 1 - , 4 e arly, and success f u l suppor t.—(Loud cheers.) The - ef e tt Measure of utility which was advocated was the reform d the Corp orat i ons. —(L ou d c h eers. ) Wh a t h a d th e y P en with the ro tt en o ld C or p ora ti on th e y had in Liver meP?"---(Loud l a u g ht er , an d c h eer s.) He was at a public eting in Ireland when the news arrived of their election of corporate officers, under the new Act. The intelligence t a thrill o f d e li g h t th roug h a vast assembly of Irishmen, d -Lk ': the band, which had been playing, left off playing ev ery oth er t une b u t the " Rogue's March."k--(Laughter.) 7 He thanked e the honest men of Liverpoo l for keeping the ou t (Cheers.) Oh ! what a job it was to kick . 1 4° Se41 rog ues—no,be would not call them rogues, but h e se cunni ng , little fellows, out of their snuggery scheming worth white living to laugh at them.—(Laughter.) Fut they could now forgive them—aye, and pity them a ',ttle too_L-(Laughter)-•--because all the peculation and „„Plunder they had, has gone into the hands of honest men. 4 he honest men had got their' Own, and that, too, without t he rogues falling out—(Laughter)—:for, to do them jus tice, the rogues stuck faithfully together to the last. The turning - out of the corporators was a good job, but their work was not yet complete. Englishmen never liked to have a job half-done or b oggled. —(Laughter and cheers.) The people of Liverpool returned to Parliament one ho nest and excellant man, worthy of representing the people ; with broad, statesmanlike views, and bringing all the ener gies of his patriotic mind to the constant service of the peo- Ple.—(Loud cheers.) He meant Mr. Ewart.—(Great ap- Wattle-) It was excellent work io return him, but the job Was spoil e d ; i t was only half-done.—(Laughter.) They were like a para l yzed body ; they had one half dead. Lord oMSandon h a d said within the last few days that he r. O'Connell) wou ld not b e content with b e i ng ki ng f Ireland, but that he would also be King of England. t(Cheers.) Oh, what a prophet he is ! (Laughter.) 1 1 :nk him for the estate he was about to give me ; - and if I t ;„.. ts a l n e Y o s f yiteful feeling, it is that he did not also throw in kitoon4gc,hter)2:ll:nas, as a titty, as we call it in Ireland, a lucky penny to the bargain. But °andon may depend upon this, that if ever I dream that will s a King, I will have no Ministers about me but such as Will reak boldly out and act with a frank face.—(Hear.) I will } l av e no halfious, half-selfish fellows about me, who i t n lit . ousset t v : b th eil e o ir w. ez_ e(up towards heaven whilst they are doing Hear and eheers.) I will have none of p ecula w ti ll o o n nave the sanctimoniousness of a Satan with the ti0 n ...... 4e of a Tory, protecting bribery and corri!p tegard rs ite era.) While the inquiry was going on with PiQus tnrh, the corruption of the freemen, the vei l ° ."€ l Sandon used to exclaim " Oh liFa bribe al. that I s h ou ld p ro t ec t an y thing like aih o :Y." His c urse was t h e reverse o f t h a t o f th e Quaker, eall e phen a dog barked at him, would not touch him, but satida aim ttot b d dog," and he was soon despatched. Lord said ,?n, however', did not go so far. " Heaven forbid," th at jr , "that I s h ou ld connive at corruption," but beyond tr out ; would not go.—(Cheers.) He would not give the O l d , s o of an i nqu i ry ; f or perhaps he thought that if he tick et ° a ?ething might come ou t a b ou t f reem en putting their in is i nto a kind o f turna b out l oc k on one s id e , an d tak ehl _ut ter u s thei r money —their bribe on the other.— (L ou d It is really a sad thing that Lord Sandon should Himselffiat the representative of Liverpool.—( H ea r.) He hi m m entioned him there, Ist, in order to have a' laugh at (La a mongst those wh om h e ca ll e d hi s constituents a , l . t eo--and secondly to tell them that it was a shame tila pl ,7 i l sgrace that they would be represented by one good hq Ewart—(Cheers)—should be so misrepresented of 1 - 4 . 110 01er, as v i rtua ll y to ren d er th e re p resen tation Ren 'ilverp oo l invalid.—(Cheers.) Was'nt there common Moers se in that ?—(Hear.) The Irish were accused of making e i nd Ir , but they never made such blunders as that. In on e ' a in ad one and one ma d e t wo , but in Liverpool one and ''ight f a " nothing !—(L aug ht er )—f o r when Ewart voted m itts or them, Sa n d on votes r i g ht f or th e T or i es , an d they were not represented at all.—(Cheers) He of them to :look to it.—(Hear, and " We will." fetio n i t.u h r otaudy the it in their own po wer t o wor k ou t com pl e tely an purity of electi on . —(H ear .) If w h en they r ilat o ut a freeman who had taken a bribe, they would lb let hi m work by hi mse lf, an d g i ve hi m a co ld s h ou lder, ;3; would succeed in putting an end to bribery. In Ire tO e where th e franchise was small, men would not speak ne wh o had taken a bribe, and the women would not id_7lc._at him.—(Lood l aug ht er .) Th e y m i g ht d e p en d upon t':!at there was a moral power in public opinion fully them to the suppression of such crimes. He thanked in re . ?nest cordially —he thanked them for the manner st ind. , they bad listened t o hi m . He had ever ggled for British freedom, and he went to struggle for ~e rla f ar , ie• Th e T or i es b oasted that they would put the pre it kiovernoent out, and th a t th e y should regain power. could not be. Had h e n o t th e r e 30,000 men, who de ietl:ir.sed it was a lie ?---(Cheers.) Let every m a n who thinks .v oo . f a aYe."- 1 -(Here the imm ense crow d unan i mo usly .lati . eyrated " Aye.") Th e T or i es want to ma i nta i n peeu on and plunder by the hypocrisy of invoking religion, 7. 1 41 hate their fellow-men in the name o f th e God of cha 41tY.----(Applause.) The Tories were certainly a vile faction 4 ad no honeit man would be a Tory. No honest man ' eo uld be a Tory, and f or t hi s reason, that the Tories r.ant to rti o ,lopoze to one wh at b elongs to all.—(Cheers.) At any man ca p upon the h us ti ngs there, and asked them to allo w 99 men to wo."k and one to idle, and to lay down prin c i p l e that t h e 100 th should get the wages of the tth the you would no t laugh at him, but you would cover him laughter.) A n d yet such was for , mud.—(Ch eers and ism, and he (Mr. O'Comiell) mu; going to London It o battle a ga i nst t h at Toryism—to enkt eavou; to lesse n every burden of the people, and increase every fra.nc;,!ge t hey at present possessed. The present ten pound fr anchise wa s muc h too narrow. —(Hear, hear, hear.) Every man sliNld be allowed to vote for tis representative in Parliament. Every man paid taxes, and therefore all had a right to have a voice in legislating for their repeal, whenever that was practicable. He (Mr. O'Connell) was a Radical, and would always be a Radical—(Applause)— and therefore he was for vote by Ballot.—(Renewed cheer ing.) If they bad vote by Ballot, the workmen in the manufactories need not ask their masters how they should vote ; but when the masters asked them for their votes, they would take off their hats to solicit for their friends, while the workmen would put their votes into a little box, and the masters would know nothing about it.—(Great cheering.) If the candidates were honest, they would be chosen, but if they were San donites, they would be allowed to go and preach some where else, and t ) pray as much as they pleased.- —(Great laugh ter.) If the Tories again came into power, what chance would they have of an extension of - the franchises of the people ? . What chance would they have from the Tories of Vote by Ballot ? None.—(Loud cheers.) If the Tories again came into power, what chance would the people have of goin g to that other place called the House of Lords ?—(A laugh.) Would the people, in such a case, ever hear of what they were looking for, a Reform in the House of Lords ? No—on the contrary they would have an attempt made to get back the House of Commons to the state of corruption in which it was before ; and there would be an attempt also to take from the people of Eng land as much of their liberties as the Tories would dare to meddle with.—{Cheers.) They had a phrase in Ireland. That it was a good thing the dogs were afraid, or as it was more happily expressed in his own native language.—(The Hon. Gentleman here repeated the phrase in the Irish language, which occasioned great laughter among the crowd) that was just the case with the Tories—the apprehension that kept the dogs quiet was what kept the despotism of the Tories from the people. Therefore it was that he (Mr. O'Connell) was standing there to put down the Tory power, and so let in the gradual development of the great principle of equal and universal liberty.—(Loud cheers.) Hitherto the Union between the two countries had been a parchment one. He (Mr. O'Connell) had long been the advocate of Repeal, but he now came authorized to give it up if the people of England would join him in obtaining justice for Ireland.—(Tremendous cheering.) All he (Mr. O'Connell) wanted was justice—any man who refused that to him was a rogue, and he would put it even to the conscience of Lord Sandon himself, whether he would not be a rogue who would do so ?—(Laughter and cheer ing.) He asked but justice—he required no more, and he would take no less.—(Hear.) Having the support of good men, and the blessing of Providence on the work, he hoped to go home to Ireland, after the Session, with a good mea sure of justice to Ireland, particularly, a reform in the Cor porations.—(Cheers.) The English Corporators were really saints, compared with the black gentry of the Irish Corpo rations.—(Laughter.) The English Corporations did some public good occasionally, but the Irish did no good what ever, and as much public and private mischief as was pos sible. He (Mr. O'Connell) was for a reformation in these corporations, and be thought the people of England would go with him when he asked for nothing but justice.— (Great cheering.) All the good, the just, the wise, the enlightened and spirited, were with him ; and it would be impossible to keep from Ireland much longer her rights, and from England the security and encreased prosperity that would result therefrom.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. :Connell) should report to his countrymen how the people of Liver pool had received him, and the voice of joy would be spread around the green plains of Erin,—it would be heard in the smiling and sequestered vales ; and her mountain streams, as they rolled down her majestic hills, would re-echo with a kind of Heavenly music " Thanks to England—Justice to Ireland." _ _ The Honourable Gentleman then withdrew, amid the most deafening and enthusiastic cheers. In a few minutes Mr. O'Connell left the Hall, and pro ceeded on foot, surrounded by a large body of his friends, and followed by the immense multitude, the band playing, See, the Conquering Hero comes," through Church street, Lord-street, and Castle-street, to the Royal Ex change. His reception on 'Change was exceedingly flat tering, and the Hon. Gentleman seemed to enjoy the cir cumstance of his first public appearance in the late strong hold of the Tories. He then proceeded to the Exchange News-room, which it is well known is the hot-bed of Liverpool Toryism. The room is a very handsome and spacious one, capable of containing about 2,000 persons, and on his arrival it was packed by about 500 individuals, the greater portion of whom collected themselves into a knot, and as soon as Mr. O'Connell made his appearance, and before the great body of gentlemen by whom he was accompanied could gain admittance, the door was closed, and a most frightful yell issued from the little knot, who had taken possession of the room in the„ first instance. The yell was, however, soon overpowered by the loud and triumphant cheers of the other party. The scene was one of very great confusion for some moments, and it was at one time feared that the Tories would resort to other weapons than abuse in their vexation and disappointment. Mr. O'Connell afterwards visited the Town-hall and other public buildings. • THE DINNER took place at the Corn Exchange, which was fitted up in a very elegant manner for the occasion. Thirty tables, capable of fully accommodating thirty-six persons each were arranged across the room, and all were completely filled, making the number of persons present upwards of a thousand. Large festoons of evergreen and laurel were suspended from the numerous pillars which supported the roof—the expres sive Irish phrase " Cuid mille failt"—and. hundred thou sand welcomes was emblazoned in gold letters on each side of the chair, and in various parts of the room. Immediately over the chairman was a large crown, and a variety of flags, adorned the walls. Among them we observed the Union Jack. Another with the inscription " Freedom for Eng land, peace for the world," " The Tradesmen of Liverpool, aid Independence ;" the Liverpool Arms, &c., &e. The whole was brilliantly lighted with gas, and a very excellent band which was in attendance, contributed much to the har. mony of the evening. At half-past,five Mr. O'Connell, ac companied by the members of the committee, and others, entered the room, and was received by the whole company standing, .with loud and reiterated cheering. The Hon. Member acknowledged the compliment by bowing repeat edly, and appeared in excellent health and spirits.— The Chair was taken by William Rathbone, Esquire, of Greenbank, and the Vice-Chair was very ably filled by James Mullineux, Esquire. .On the right of the Chairman sat the honoured guest of the evening Mr. O'Connell, Thos. J. Hall, Esq., stipendiary Magis trate under the new Municipal Bill, Rigby Wason, Esq., M.P., the Rev. \ Doctor Youens, and on the left, Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P., Colonel Williams, Morgan O'Connell, Esq., M.P., M. O'Connell, Esq. of Liverpool, &c. &c. A great number of the new town councillors, whose names we did not learn, were also.present. The wines, among which were a profusion of claret, champagne, madeira, port, sherry, &c., were excellent, and the entire arrange ments were most creditable to the stewards, who were in defatigable in their attention, and to Mr. Towers of the Angel Inn, who was caterer on the occasion. When the cloth had been removed, the CHAIRMAN rose and said—Our first toast, gentlemen, is the Monarch under whose reign we have had no war—under whose reign sla very has been annihilated, Parliamentary Reform has been granted to the empire, Municipal Reform to England and Scotland, and, we hope, will soon be given to Ireland— (Tremendous cheering,) The Chairman then gave, " The King of the United Kingdom"—(Tremendous cheering, and three times three.) Air—God Save the King. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I now call upon you, as gallant men, to drink. " Her Majesty the Queen."—(Great cheering, and some hisses.) The toast was drank with all the honours.-„, CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, the next toast involves a pledge which we shall be ready to redeem—( Hear, hear) —should the occasion arise— " The Princess Victoria : in the hearts of the people she is safe from faction."—(Shouts of applause, and cries of " Bravo.") Air—" Here's a health to all good lasses." The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I now give you, the Prance who has dared to be honest to the people in the worst of times—(Applause)-- " The Duke of Sussex, the steady and persevering advo cate of civil and religious liberty."—(Great cheering.) Air—" The Duke of Sussex's March." The- CHAIRMAN—The next toast is freedom's watch word— _ _ " The People, the legitimate source of all political power." —(Great applause.) Air—" Oh, dear ! what can the mat ter be ?" The CHAIRMAN shortly afterwards rose and said, Gen. denten, the next toast is one of deep interest to us all. It is full of gratitude for the past—high and pleasing antici pations for the future. It is the health of those distin guished men who direct the destinies of the nation—who have placed their reliance on the people, and on whom the people rely—" Lord Melbourne, and his Majesty's Mi nisters."—(This toast was drank with the greatest en thusiasm.) The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, in proposing the next toast, I claim your indulgenoe for a very few moments. The occasion upon which we are met is not one of ordinary occurrence. It is to do honour to him to whom we as men of Liverpool are under deep obligation for his efforts in favour of our purification ; as Englishmen for his support of Parliamentary a nd Munici pal Reform, awl of every measure calculated to improve the condition or to vindicate the rights and liberties of the people, But above all, looking to the importance of that portion of the arnpire, as the honest, the ardent , a nd the highl y gifted advocate of the people of Ireland —'"Daniel O'Connell, Esq. and (i is all he asks) Justice coi: Ireland." This toast was received with tremenu...._ ping of )m s, ilnd waving of handkerchiefs, which iast., for several minutes, 4"v", cheering, clap- • ' Mr. O'CosisiELL then rose, and the cheering was again renewed. He said—Men of Liverpool, the feeling with which I receive the simultaneous cheer with which my name has been greeted is greatly enhanced by the circum stance that the honest men from whom it has emanated are persons on whom I have no claim, and whom I have never seen before, and whose acts, as well as voices, must spring from other than personal motives.—(Cheers.) [Some in terruption here occurred from o few noisy individuals in a remote part of the room. 'I he Chairman having inter posed, order was imme liately restored.) I was speaking to you, gentlemen, most unaffectedly of the im pression made on my mind by the enthusiastic cheer, that followed the mention of my humble name ; but when I do so, do not mistake me by supposing that I was gratifying or indulging in any absurd idea, that I owed to any personal merits of my own the kindness with which you greet me ; and my delight was greatly enhanced by the recollection, that your kindness was not owing to any personal feeling in my favour, but to the deep interest which you take in the fate of my unfortunate country.-- (Cheers.) It has claims on you—claims on your interests, on your justice, and on your generosity better than all.— (Great applause.) She has claims on your interests, be cause she cannot be miserable or degraded without your partaking in her afflictions and wretchedness. She has clainis on your interest,•because she cannot be prosperous without, blessed be Heaven I your sharing in that prospe rity ; and I shall put it in a khort and familiar calculation, for if every man in Ireland was enabled to lay out only one pound every year in the purchase of British manufactures, would there not be a revenue of six millions a-year addi tional for the encouragement of your trade and commerce ? —(Hear, and cheers.) Although you have this deep inte rest in her prosperity, I would not appeal to your in terests, but to your justice and your generosity.—( Hear, hear.) Ireland, blessed be God, is, beyond any other country on the face of the earth, in her natural advantages. No summer's sun burns her soil into fertility, and no winter's frost chills her into barrenness. Possessed of. navigable harbours open to every time and tide, and sheltered from every wind that blows. Her lovely vallies, shining in the face of heaven in greenness, fertility, beauty, and everything that can feed and fatten and pamper the human being, and all that is majestic in visions of beauty and romantic scenery.—(Applause.) Why, then, is she in a state of degradation and misery Why, with all these natural blessings and advantages, is she so impoverished and wretched ? Englishmen, I will tell you. Because she did govern herself, but you misgOverned her.—(Loud cheering.) I do not blame Englishmen for their acquiescence in it— for you were yourselves the victims of that misgovern ment ; but you ultimately righted yourselves. You lopped off the head of one King—in that you were wrong. You deposed another—and there you were right.—(Cheering.) You have since then kept the kingly power within such bounds, that Kings now only reign for the good of the people, and you have Ministers who are responsible for their acts.—(Great cheering.) Ireland's misgovernors have ever had fair play and a clear stage—they governed through faction, and for a faction. They got up divisions and dis sensions to serve their purposes—they engaged party against party—they set Protestant against Catholic, not on account of the interests of religion or of charity, for these dissensions had nothing of religion, nothing of Protestantism in their nature.—(Applause.) I regret that many have disgraced the name of Protestantism in the present day, by making it a part of their stock in trade of politics—they have talked of religion, but it was a thing which they knew nothing at all about.—(Cheers.) They have mocked the name of religion, while their views were earthly and paltry. Ireland has been hitherto misgoverned, and for my own part, from the earliest days of my boyhood my aspirations have been knitted into the determination to struggle for the good of my country.—(Cheers.) I ask nothing but justice, and I will not take less.—(Cheers.) I look upon the relation in which England stands to Ireland as a sort of national debt, and I shall not be content with less than twenty shillings in the pound. I shall cheerfully forgive the by-gone interest of persecution and misgovern ment, but not one particle of the principal ; and until the whole is paid, I shall continue to appeal to the good sense and intelligence of Englishmen.—(Applause.) It appears to me a proposition of the plainest demonstra tion, that in order to succeed, there is but one maxim, and that is—always to be right. I was right in demanding jus tice for Ireland. At the period I began, conscience was fettered—the Penal Code discrraced the statute-book, and the direst penalties were entailed on those who, like myself, believe as my father taught me, and my conscience prescribed. In my native land I could leave no inheritance to my child ren that would not be blackened and defiled by the odious taint of an inferior and degraded religion. I looked for justice upon this point with no sectarian feeling, with no advocacy of any particular sect or religion, but on the broad principle that conscience ought to be free.—(Great cheering.) I considered that the moment human law interfered in matters of conscience it became usurping and blasphemous. Thank Heaven the period has gone by when any religious opinions can be enforced by penal codes, or at the point of the bayonet.—(Cheers.) I advocated the removal of religious disabilities on the broad principle that conscience should be free. I have had the ineffable delight of feelirig that we who struggled for the establishment of that great principle, have been the means of shoving the Protestant Dissenters into the constitution even before we got into it ourselves.—(Tremendous cheer ing.) Well, gentlemen, having now gained that object, I have always said, while struggling for it, that it was not an end—all it did was to place Roman Catholics on the same footing with Protestants ; but it did not extend trade or introduce capital, or make commerce flourish. It was merely a means for end, and its ultimate object is for the benefit of the whole British empire. These ulterior mea sures could not be carried forward so lorg as the Cath o li cs remained unemancipatcd—so long as the bitter sectarian struggle was going on, tiothing useful could be effected. When some additional power was conferred on them, the people soon began to see that there was no pretext for hav ing Parliament in a state of corruption. They succeeded in that point, and I would ask have the friends of Reform any thing to regret in the mode of. its operation ?—(No, no.) It brought a new class of men from Ireland—l my self have been elected for no less than three counties in one Session.—(Laughter and much cheering.) The poets and orators of ancient times starved while they were living, and Homer, who was in that position, had ten cities contending for the honour of his birth. after his death. The people of Ireland did .not wait for my death ; they contended for me while living, and have, in various places, conferred upon me what they call the ho nour, and what I term the happiness of defending their rights and interests.—(Hear.) Look at the votes of the new class of men who have by this means been sent . from Ireland. See how they have voted on all occasions. I fearlessly ask you have they ever voted to increase the bur dens of the people ? or to take away a single franchise from the people ? Have we ever been absent when British liberty required that we should fight in its defence? Have we ever opposed any concessions made to a free people by a ra tional and liberal Government.—(No, no.) We have stood by the side of Englishmen and fought the good fight until the disgrace of negro slavery was banished from Eng land, and sent across the Atlantic.—(Applause.) We have fought by your side until we have not only gained Parlia mentary but Corporate Reform, eel have given to Liver pool such men as him who sits beside me.—(Loud cheer ing.) You are perhaps already aware that lam the best abused man in England or Ireland, and one of the calumnies uttered against me is, that 1 am the means of keeping Lord Melbourne in his place as Minister. Suppose I am—remember it is not proved, but I ask of you to believe it for a moment— what does it amount to, but that you are repaying me by your kindness to-day for having been the instrument in pro curing for you your present measure of Corporate Reform. It is, in my opinion, but the instalment of Corporate Re form, but the honest men of Liverpool have made it worth forty shillings to the pound.—(Loud cheering.) What do I now seek for ?—Justice. I demand the settlement of the Tithe Question. But let us understand each other upon that point. In the first place, my own opinion is, and I have never concealed it—my opinion is that no man is sincere in his professions of religion who is not 'able to pay for the sup port of the ministers of that religion.—(Vehement cheer ing.) What is the use if a man be sincere of setting traps to catch piety. I could as soon think of its being justice when one man would fall sick that he should, although rich himself, levy a tax upon his poor neighbours for his medical advice. I ask Englishmen is that common sense—is it justice ? If a rich fool goes to law—and in all my experience none but fools do go to law-- should the rich fool and the rich knaves levy a lox upon their former neighbours to pay their attorney and counsel. This is precisely the case with the tithe ques tion. The poor man is compelled to pay for the spiritual instruction of the rich man. Suppose, as I once put the case in London, that a man was going out in his tax-cart to Hyde-park, would it not be monstrous if he was asked to p a y t o ll because there was a toll at Lambeth, although he was not going there at all ?—(Hear, and much cheer ing.) Such is the tithe system ; and all I want is that every man shall be allowed to pay toll on his own road to Heaven only, and I say Heaven speed each man on his road' You think perhaps, that is what I ought to ask, and you are right. But all Ido ask is this—there is a state provision in Ireland which should be applied to supply the wants of all the Protestant Establishment there, and then, when that is supplied, a n d it will not be necessary to have clergym e n keeping coaches and four at Cheltenham or Bath —it will not be necessary, I assure you to have a Dean of Derry. or any other Dean, travelling through the continent with carriages and four and out hear,) VFr haps the people of England don't understand PI:0 1 'P" sense, or never did. If so, this is a spiritual want, which with. no prow U9vcrapaca ig they cannot THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1836. . ; disposqg to do all this, notwithstanding the mighty thunder of the Times, Which now has, I believe, a very small circu lation ; and notwithstanding the threats of its ally, the Standard. All the Government wishes to do is, that the surplus, after supplying she spiritual wants of the Church, should be given, for what ? To the Popish priests ? No such thing. To Catholic establishment s ? No such thing ;—but to educate the people in a religious and moral m anner.—(Long•continued cheering.) All I want is that that should be distinctly understood, and when it is, I shall not ask Englishmen to say that I am looking for jus tice, as it is but the 19th fraction of a unit of justice. Can any thing, then, be more preposterous than the ridiculous, self-interested cry of spoliation, robbery, confiscation of Pro testant property, and triumph of Popery that has been raised ? It is really not creditable to the character of Englishmen that persons could be found among them ca pable of raising such a cry. It is for their intentions on this point that Ministers will be supported. Those very men assert that it is ignorance keeps the Papists from becoming Protestants, and yet they refuse to educate us, and enlighten our ignorance. But while we smile and joke upon these matters, what is merriment to us is death in Ireland. Blood flows there—much blood—the wailing of the widow—the screams of the children and the shrieks of the orphans are around—their voice is a voice crying to heaven, not for bounty or blessings, but for curses, upon that system which has made widows and orphans, and scattered death and desolation around. The youth whose labour supported a widowed mother and aged brother—that young man went out in the morning to his daily labour, and was brought home a corpse—he was shot by the tithe col lectors. Think you that the great God of charity does not see that murder—that the broken heart has no aspirations on high—think you that the angels of heaven do not weep to see religion turned into the instrument of cold-blooded murder ! Fellow citizens of all denominations, rally with me, and let not the mothers of Ireland again be doomed to weep over their slaughtered children. Exert yourselves to blot out from the garb of religion the foul stains which disgrace and degrade it. Rally with me for the sake of humanity, of charity, and of religion, and put an end for ever to this accursed system. I read in your countenances a determination, which will make Ireland re joice ; for what honest Englishmen think just and right, is in speedy progress of being accomplished.—(Cheers.) I come now to my second demand—l want Corporate Re form for Ireland.—( Hear.) Let us again understand each other distinctly. Scotland has got a good and full measure of Corporate Reform, and right well does she de serve it. Th_re is no chance of seeing a knot of petti fogging' Tories getting up a dinner there. Scotland has sent to Parliament good men to support liberal measures.— (Hear.) England has got a measure of Municipal Reform, not exactly what I would wish, but " pretty well, I thank you."—(Cheering and laughter.) I need not therefore tell you, that Scotland having gotten this Reform, and Eng land having gotten it, there is no reason why Ireland should not have it. I would appeal to the dullest of all possible Tories, if he can give anx possible reason why the other two countries having got reform, Ireland should not get it.( Hear, hear, hear.) They tell me there is a union between the countries, but the principle of union appears to be justice to Scotland—(hear, hear)- -justice to England—but none to Ireland. This is the Tory definition, and I often have felt, while the Tories were in power, that although the position might not be logically put in their speeches and newspapers, the ar g ument was well understood when enforced b y th e breaches of their artillery, and muskets of their infantry, and the sabres of their cavalry. Since the Union, Ireland has experienced only in this way its practical effects. Men, when their own interests are not directly concerned,require a little flapping. I thought there was no use in mincing matters; and there fore at once took up the cudgel of Repeal.—( Hear, and cheers.) It was something like the beggar in Gil Blas, who was the most successful beggar on the road.—( Hear.) lie asked charity in the name of Heaven, and pointed his musket at the heads of travellers.—(Hear.) I really o w b h t i a e i h n e thinkLo u y d o u c hwei will r s. a ) ll a There d a n u o s t e h e u r e a s are believe th a t i s t h e way i n w hi c h po li t i ca l c h dr i ty i s generally yo is bec a honest—lf England and Scotland will not do Ireland justice, why should not seven millions dg justice to themselves? Would not you Englishmen do it 2—(Cries of " Yes, yes, yes.")—and Englishmen would not believe me if I said other than that 1 would despise the man who would not do as much 'for Old England.—(Cheers.) I shall put the case simply—if Ireland and Scotland had got Corporate 1 Reform, and is it not a blessing to look round us and ' witness some of its happy effects, and to feel that there can be no secret little jobs carried on in future—that all must be honest and above board ; for even the presence of reporters makes a very considerable difference— ' ( Hear, hear, hear)—but if Ireland and Scotland I had got Reform, and that England was denied it, would not Englishmen give the refuser a proper answer by knock- • ing the fellow down ?—(Cheers.) Would they not knock him down first, and then kick him for falling? We in Ireland are somewhat like eels in the well-sanded hand of a cook. We have been so long skinned alive that we do not feel it as much ad you—(Cheers and laughter.) But this I will add —we are determined as emphatically to resist as you could possibly be. We have three reasons for so doing—first, we are determined not to submit to injustice ; secondly, we are tolerably strong, and thereby we have your assistance. The Repeal .agitation in Ireland had a much greater weight in obtaining concessions than you can imagine.— But during the late recess I went round from Kerry where I was surrounded by the intelligent middle classes, and I put the question to them—if you get justice, will you give up the Repeal, and they all answered in the affirmative. I put the same question in Connaught, at a great meeting in the town of Tuam, which was once a city. I put that question to 50,000 persons there, and with the same result. The sacrifice was a still greater one among my own constituency, because most of the tradesmen there would be pretty ce'rtain of realising independent fortunes if the Parliament was held in Dublin. . but I met the Trades' Political Unions there, and I told them what was going fOrward for the interest and well being of Ireland ; and when I put the question to them, how many dissentients do you think there were ? Only one voice was raised against giving up the Repeal question. And nos', here am I, Englishmen, authorized to give up the Repeal question for ever, if we get but justice.— (Hear.) But did you judge so harshly of me as to imagine, I was the creeping crawling thing to give up any weapon of offence whatever, that can be used if I do not get justice ? If I did so, you would scout me as I would deserve.—(Hear.) Who, let me ask, are the a sort of persons who stand between the people of Ireland their just claims? What care I how such men turn up the whites of their eyes and preach against Popery. and would wish to know if the Pope ever did any thing so bad as to do justice to two of his states, and treat the third with in justice?—( Hear.) It is not popery, and it is exceedingly bad Protestantism.—( Laughter and cheers.) Look back at the history of this country, and you will find that whenever an attempt was to be set on foot to plunder or oppress the people there was a religious cry raised by the faction, a Popery cry, In fact the argument of our opponents is that in order to be a good Protestant, you must be an exceedingly unjust man and deprive them of their jnst rights. lam come to speak to the common-sense of England—l am come to state these facts, and then appeal to their justice and generosity—( Loud cheers). Here are a free people, full of intelligence, activity, and inge nuity, whose very enemies admit that none can make braver soldiers in the field. Not a battle has been won by England, that the shouts of victory were not re-echoed by my gallant countrymen—( Hear, hear, and cheers) —not a flag was unfurled to the enemy, nor a stream of blood flowed, that the arms of Irishmen did not support the ono, and their blood swell the tide of the other.—( Great applause.) They have also stood by Englishmen in their battles for civil and religious liberty, and have put down, wherever they could, monopoly and oppression. And, therefore, as the advocate of my native land —as the retained counsel, if you will—and let my enemies make the most of it.—( Much cheering.) As the advocate of their wants and wishes, I have come to England to call upon its peopl e t o exert t h at vo i ce w i t h w hi ch they put dofinallthaeweayyes ll+ n tyrants from of na t l i i o e n r s ahnycient thei r glory,hriher bribery, the i r h a v e e o r d r e n g p r t a i : , l n e , d t h h e e r i r . of old, and t o put d own t h ose who have allowed England to borrowing, and blood-letting, which has accumulated a debt, they would fain call the people's debt—adebt too burdensome to be borne by any other nation —( Hear.) We, for I am one of you, if you will permit Hear,. hear, hear)—we will combine England Ireland against the enemies of both, and establish at length a community of interests and rights.—( Loud cheers.) We shall base the throne upon the hearts of twenty-five mil lions of people, and no one, not even the Autocrat of Russia, shall dare to sully the slightest spot on the robe of the monarch of twenty-four millions of loyal and devoted subjects.--( Hear, hear, and great cheering. ) I like those threats which have been made use of by that tyrant. Let him come if he dare.—( Hear.) Oh how I long for the period to arrive when the wisdom of the present Administration—an Administration which lam proud to give my humble support to.—( Loud and continued cheering.) Some have said that the present Ministry have coalesced with me, merely because they have done justice to Ireland. There has been no coalition on their part with me, but I am quite ready to coaldsce with them, because they appear anxious tO do justice to my unhappy country.—(Great Applanse.) How I long for the time when that sgtue Yctioe of justice shall be taised lay the trite representatives of the people in Westminster Hall to drive the miscreant back to his deserts, Let England frown 144 one frewn, and the snow does not more cash Melt hefere the beams of th e sun than the Autocrat shall pass away.--(lmmense cheering.) I hail with delight the sense that has taken l t ' ht . Every man p ace ,o-nig I speak to appears to be a pledged apostle in the cause of Ire landin the breasts and of justice.—( Cheers.) New hopes spring of my countrymen at the sympathy which has been expressed tend to the prosperity of bpth, being by their 1 1441311 t ttn4 they will learn to 1 1 11Vil but one power of the cgm4)o4 interest with this country--on intomt which mus t aka justice. The ** n. grk gat dolY4 • itviAtccl dicittia 91 applipoc, based upon . . eq4414 Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said, he would take the liberty of proposing the health of a gentleman to whom the town of Liverpool was deeply indebted for his exertions in behalf of Corporate Reform. It must be highly gratifying to him that he has lived to see the day when the measure has been carried into effect; and, above all, that this has been ac complished without any of that violence or disturbance which its enemies prognosticated ; Liverpool had, in this respect, set a glorious example, and there were few entitled to a larger share of public gratitude than their worthy Chairman.—( Ap plause.) He begged to propose, in a bumper, the health of their Chairman, William Rathbone, Esq.—(Great cheering.) . The CHAIRMAN in a very handsome and appropriate man ner, returned thanks for the honour conferred on him, and gave " Lord Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland." The following toasts were afterwards drank : " The Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool." " Mr. E wart, our honest and efficient Representative." " John Blackburne, M.P., and Mr. Justice Perrin, the Chief Commissioners of Municipal Inquiry in England and Ireland, and may Ireland soon have Municipal Emancipa tion." " Colonel Williams, the Rev. Doctor Shepherd, and the veteran Reformers of Lancashire." " Rigby Wason, Esq., the intrepid and successful advocate for purity of election." " Poland—heroic nation—her nationality must not be lost." " Lord Brougham, the steady and constant advocate for nationnl education." " Lord Durham, the able and unflinching advocate of po pular rights." " Mrs. O'Connell and the Ladies." By Mr. Evart—" Morgan O'Connell, Esq., M. P., for Meath." Mr. O'Connell quitted the room at an early hour, being obliged to leave town that night for the purpose of attending the public dinner which will take place this evening. TREMENDOUS SNOW STORM. (From the New York Herald, Monday, Jan. II.) New York has just been visited by one of the most splendid snow storms that ever perhaps has taken place since the old colonial times, when sleighing continued on Manhattan Island for three or four months a year without intermission. The quantity of snow now lying in our streets is beyond anything that ever appeared in our time. On Thursday night last, the wind at east by north, thermometer 32 deg., it began to rain with violence, blowing a heavy gale at the same time. The rain and gale continued all day on Friday, the wind shifting, gradually changed into sleet, then small hail, and latterly large light flakes of snow. On Saturday morning, wind N.E., thermometer 32 deg., the early risers found the whole city and surrounding country covered with six inches of light flaky snow, which the wind in its hasty journey could seize in its terrible hand, and scatter about in wreaths with perfect ease. The ship ping in the harbour became weather bound—the packets and steam-boats did not dare go to sea. Towards eleven o'clock at night, the intensity of the snow storm increased. The thermometer gradually sank—the barometer gradually rose. Towards morning, the thermometer rose again to 32 deg., wind still violent, and blowing from the N.E. The railroad cars which left Philadelphia on Saturday morning at seven o'clock, did not reach this city till yesterday at daylight. We learn that they struggled an hour in passing the Delaware to Camden. At eight o'clock they started from Camden, but did not reach South Amboy till dark. The cars could not proceed faster than three or four miles an hour, so deep was the sno w . We learn the line will not resume their operations for some time. We are therefore cut off feom all communication with Philadelphia, except by the ordinary line over land. In the midst of this dreadful storm, should not a thought be given to the hapless seaman braving its terrors ? May not a tear of pity be dropped for the luckless vessels thrown upon our coast, where all the elements are combined to destroy them ? Many wrecks are strewn along the shore, whose crews half famished and perishing with cold, are vainly striving to reach the land, in the hope of find ing a shelter from the ruthless storm—death stares them in the face whichever way they move—if they proceed, how unlikely are they to find a house upon our desolate coast ; and if they remain, the snowdrift will be their burial place, the saint-like snow their shroud. Throughout the whole of yesterday it rained--or snowed—or sleeted—or drifted. •Upto a late hour at night the same weather continued. In some of the streets the snow is seven feet high. Last night it hid not become extremely cold, but to-day it is ex pected to be clear, cold, and severe—just such a day as will afford an opportunity for the finest sleighing that we have had in forty years. For nearly four days and four nights has the weather endured as we have represented it. To-day, if it should be clear, the whole city will be out sleighing—sleighs will rise in value, and everything in the shape of a sleigh be put in requisition. It appears to be the intention of Government to make an experimental issue of silver groats, by which every even number, that is to say, from one penny to thirty pence can be paid in silver. Two pence, for instance, would be the difference between a groat and sixpence, eight pence would be two groats ; ten pence would be a sixpence and a groat ; fourteen pence would be two groats and a sixpence ; sixpence would be a shilling and a groat, and so on. One of the ex-Aldermen of the _city of Lincoln, has wisely converted his old red gown into a brilliant flam ing waistcoat, in which the worthy Ex parades the street with just as much dignity as when he wore the gown, if not more !—Lincoln Gazette. Mr. Dunlop's delicate health, we understand, has compelled him to decline the public dinner offered by his fellow Reformers ; and Mr. Oswald, with good taste and feeling, has insisted that no demonstration of the sort shOuld be offered to him, apart from his excellent colleague. A sharp contest, at the election of nine Trustees for the Bedford Charity, took place on Wednesday last. The town was in a great state of excitement the whole day, and at four o'clock the Tory list obtained.—Northampton Chronicle. ABOLITION OF TlTHES.—Tithes W regard the greatest practical grievances of our age and country, and we cannot and will not test till they be entirely abated. The prosperity and glory of Great Britain shall not be marred, ►f we can help it, by remaining the only tithe-taxed and priest-ridden country of Europo.—lirighton Guardian. On Tuesday morning John Davin, one of the sca vengers of Kirkaldy, was found dead on the steps of the stair leading to the basin of the harbour, under very suspi cious circumstances. The body was examined by two of the medical profession in Kirkaldy, who reported that a severe cut had been inflicted on the back part of the head, and apparently a blow on the left temple.—Edinburgh Courant.. RATHER PREMATURE.—The gossips in a borough in this county are amusing themselves at the expense of a gallant member of the ex-corporation, who was so cock sure of being the " first groat mayor" under the new re gime, that on a proposal in a social party of which he formed one, to drink the health of the new mayor, he rose and re turned thanks for the honour he considered the company had done him ! Sad to tell, he was among the rejected. Three clover ricks, the property of Mr. Lawrence Sheppard, of Alter, in the parish of Hilton, were discovered to be on fire between four and five o'clock on Saturday morning last. They were totally destroyed. There can Le no doubt whatever that this was the diabolical act of an in cendiary. The property was insured. Dorset aronicle. CABS IN PARIS.—.An order of tile French police has given permission to the lettGra of cabriolets to allow their carriages to be taken far fractions of an hour. All the drivers have not as yet had time to adopt this plan, but about 300 havo adopted it. The present price is sixty cen times (about 6d.) for the first quarter of an hour, and ten centimes for every succeeding five minutes. The new re gulation is placed on the front or the pannels of the cabriolets. Lord John Russell has objected to two individuals recomended by a council for the magistracy ; one because he is a Lawyer, the other because he is a Common Brewer. FIRE.-On Monday morning last, between ten and eleven o'olock, great alarm was caused by a discovery of an alarming fire in the dwelling-house of Lord Harrington, in Privy Gardens, Whitehall; it originated through the over heating of the kitoh©n flues, by which the lower timbers were ignited, but owing to the prompt attendance of the firemen belonging to the Bcdfordbury station with their engines, the flames were extinguished without doing much damage. On Saturday afternoon a lady of respectable appear ance went into the garden of the new terrace of Windsor Castle, and while looking at the gold and silverfish in the basin, she overbalanced herself and fell - headlong into the water. Luckily some gentlemen were near, woo, with the aid of the gardeners, succeeded in rescuing her from her unpleasant situation. • Mr. Heathcote has announced his intention to re sign his seat for the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, on the meeting of Parliament. " Impaired health, numerous and indispensable engagements in the country, and, above all, an insurmountable dislike to spend whole summers in town, after the present fashion of legislators," are said to be the principal grounds on which he has determined to retire. Rumour with her " hundred tongues" has told of several candidates on both sides, who are to have the honour of being solicited to come forward. On the side of the Re formers the names are mentioned of Colonel Anson, Mr. Matthew Gisborne, Mr. Parker, of Park-hall, and Mr. Ridgway, of Caulden-place. On the side of the Conser vatives, Mr. Sneyd, of Keel-hall ; Mr. F. Twemlowe, of Betley-court ; Mr. H. H. Williamson, of Greenway bank ; Mr. John Wood, of Brown-hills ; and Mr. Randal Wilbraham, jun., of Rode-hall, were named.—Staffordshire AdverliArr% _ HIGUWAY ROBBERY.—_A desperate outrage was committed in the evening of Wednesday week, upon the son of Mr. Thomas Addy, of Rolstons, Writtle. As that gentleman was on his way to meet his father, who was from home on a visit, just as he reached the hand-post of the Cut Elm, . a three want-way, a fellow rushed frea the ditch, and, without saying a word, by onc 'maw felled him to the ground. A second viltz,', - and said ,4 immedi a t e ly cam e u p fist assai--r. I want yo.u, alia I want some mon ey.'" - The assail" 4t ' t hen cried out--" 1)----n him, hit him," and Qll r. Addy's rising from the ground he received a second blow upon the head, which completely er..-:„ e d his hat and grazsed his cheek. Mr. A '' fientty, wrostea 'I.:- - __. ",lien , made }pia es.caPe'l )4. - . ...inself from them, and . theape, e, with considerable "Pe 'l coat . and waistcoat being very much t r). 11 1 ' ' " 1 counter.—.Esse.r Herald. IRELAND. IMPORTANT MEETING OVTIRE TRADES'. POLITICAL UNION. - • (From the Dublin Evening Freeman of Tuesday.) A special meeting of this patriotic body was held yesterday at the Circus, in Abbey-street, for the purpose of hearing Mr, O'Connell addreEs the citizens on matters of great import. ance at the present juncture. The bu Idipg is a most e¢ a. cious one, and was exceedingly crowded in every part. The galleries were well filled with ladies, and everyth ing tvinced the utmost ardour in the promotion of the CIIRFQ Of pop c ar happiness, for the advancement of which they bad met to deliberate. Mr. Stave N was called to the Chair, and, in taking i t, he expressed his delight at agaa gain witne ssing wadsesring pmt, necessity eeti- g of that for patriotic body.—( Loud cheers.) Th ere him to impress upon them the propriety of observing that line of good conduct which had procurcrl or all their proc,cedinge so high a character.—( Hear, Hear.) After some eA • rier appro. priate observations, Mr. 'levin announced dull the Secretary would read the report. The SECRETARY then read the following report ; " In calling the present special public meeting of the Union, your Committee think it right to submit the following brief report : " In the month of October last, the Union passed a reso lution, adjourning it s p u bli c meet i ngs to a per i od of twelve months, with power to your committee to re-assemble the body, if circumstances should so require. " Your committee in the mean time have exclusively di rected their attention constantly and diligently to effecting the registration of the liberal electors, and have the high satisfac tion to state to the Union, that by their efforts eleven hundred and twenty-six electors have been added to the liberal inte rest ; and of the notices already served for the February Ses sion, two-thirds at least are on the liberal interest, 1,249 of which have been served by your committee. " The Union had every expectation, that from the disposi tion evinced by his Majesty's Ministers to do justice to Ireland, the important measures for our national improvement, which they had brought forward, would have been recognised and established. But your committee have perceived, with extreme sorrow, that these important measures, so introduced by his Majesty's Ministers, and confirmed by the representatives of the people, have been severally and unceremoniously rejected by the House of Lords, without a satisfactory reason. " Your committee, therefore, feeling a solemn and decided conviction that.it is vain to'hope for peace, happiness, prospe rity, or improvement of any kind in this country, until the just and reasonable claims of the people to equal laws ,mod rights with their fellow-subjects of Great Britain be acceded to, (especially the all-important measure of Irish Corporation Reform, and the settlement of the tithe question), have felt it t'ieir duty to convene this meeting of the Union, in order that their opinion may be recorded with respect to these questio ns , and the other matters of national importance likely to, engage the attention of the Legislature during the next ParYiamentary Session. Your committee will not, for a moment, disguise their un altered conviction that real or substantial prosperity never can arise to Ireland, save through the medium of a domestic legis lature ; but your committee fully conc ur i n the propriety of giving the experiment a fair test, as to whether justice can be done to our country by an Imperial Parliament, in which event your committee will not hesitate to relinquish the question of repeal ; but they feel bound to declare that, having first given the Imperial Parliament a fair opportunity of proving that Re peal is unnecessary—if full and substantial justice be not then done to Ireland, it will be the duty of this union to seek, by all constitutional means, the restoration of their I .z!gislature, and that they should call on every honest man, whether English, Irish, or Scotch, to aid them in tbt attainment of that object. " Your committee finally recommend., that, in order to avoid all cause of complaint, and to prove Ma jesty's p resen t Mi n i s t ers , th e unie, our confidence in his ri should, at the rising of this meeting, adjourn for a perio4 of six months, and relinquish public agitation in the me . - an time, unless the committee shall, within that period, find, necessity to call the Union together, from a similar line of opposition towards Irish questions by the House of Lordg." The Report buying been read, Mr. P. COSTELLOE said he had great pleasure in moving that the Report should be adopted. Here Mr. E. S. Ruthven, M. P., entered, and - was rer•eived with several rounds of enthusiastic cheering. Mr. COSTELLOE continued, and alluded to the 'facts con nected with the extension of the registry, as set 'forth in the Report, and said; if the hundreds of persons w } :.o had sent in their notices of claiming to register were but punctual in their attendance, they would have such a phalar.x, that at, the next election, the Tory faction, if they had ill the wealth of the Treasury, could not, by bribing, by in t imidation, or any other means, succeed against them. The utility of that Union, and of the labours of the Committee, appeared in the return of the Liberator as the Representative for Dublin—( Cheers)— and in the return of his VP: aerable colleague, Mr. Ruthven. After expressing his anxiety for Corporate Reform, in order that the infamous Cr:;:poration of Dublin might be prostrated, he concluded by moving that the Report which had been read be received any; adopted. Mr. FaF:acu seconded the resolution. Mr. KERTLAND rose to propose the next resolution. It did his old heart good to see the ladies who surrounded them.— (Cheers.) They had some enemies in petticoats—(Laughter) —and he was proud to see `such an array of patriotic ladies present. He was an old member of the Union, and, though not of the Committee, he had been requested to propose a resolution. He, who had suffered so much from the Cor poration, could with propriety propose it. Corporate mono poly had robbed him of his money and his franchise.— ( Hear.) He had since had four boys born, whose votes would have been at the disposal of Mr. O'Connell and his , nileague, if he had not been robbed of his franchise.—( Hear.) But he warred not with the dead, no, nor with the dying; for the Corporation, if not defunct, was nearly so.--( Hear, hear.) It was dying of diseases brought on by its own pollutions and gloatings.—( Hear.) It was dying as a criminal which had violated law, and which had swallowed the public wealth, without rendering any publi c a d vantage.—( H ear.) H e was delighted that th extent of Ireland's demands was narrowed into the short sentence "justice or repeal."—( Cheers.) He was an old and a resolute repealer—(Cheers) Dave up his opinion, however to that of Mr. O'Connell, as to the pro priety of ceasing to agitate it at present—(Ckeers)—but if ever the day should come when, justice being refused, it was necessary to call for repeal, he - would, if required, lay down his life to procure it.—( Loud cheers.) As to the Corporation, he would not trust himself to say more abbut it. He saw one of that body present, he meant Mr. White, of Carrider,-street. —(Cheers.) He was an Englishman, like binisell, but he joined with him, and many other good Protntants, in oppos ing the oppressors of Ireland.—(Cheers.' ) Mr. Kertland pro. Posed the resolution, and sat down am:dist gener a l a ppl ause . M.. ITKENNA seconded the 'resolution proposed by Mr. Kertland. Mr. O'CONNVLL next Mse, and on his rising, the cheering with which he was rerived in tie circus was renewed. When it had subsided. he said—Well, I see "you arc all as merry now, as when I saw you last.—( Laughter.) It is we that have cause to laugh ; but the Orange faction have cause to t;: gin--(Laughter)—and they must grin and bear it—(Loud laughter.) When I last addressed you, I was truly grateful for the confidence with which you listened to my advice. I foretold you, as a kind of political Pastorini, that you should put confidence in the Melbourne Administration— ( Hear)—which was inclined to promote the cause of justice and Ireland. I come now to discharge a double debt of gra titude. First, to thank you for having taken my advice for the past ; and secondly, to thank you f or having come heft to listen to my advice for the future.—( Hear, hear.) I can advise confidently as regards the future, because I can ask, as I now do, boldly and fearlessly, what man in this union or city regrets having acted upon my former advice ?—(Loud cheers.) I say then that the experience of the past gives comfort and confidence for what is to come. This is cheering. We have arrived at a great political crisis. It is not right to deny it. The crisis has come. We are about to have rights and justice secured, or the triumph of a faction which is hos tile to both. My hopes are elate—(Cheers)—and I rely upon that bountiful Providence which has showered so many natu ral advantages upon Ireland, but which yet in its wisdom has ordained that it should suffer under many and many moral evils. The crisis at which we have arrived is to decide at once, and for ever, whether Ireland is to be fairly dealt with ; or whether the enemies of the people are to thrust aside a good and honest Government.—( Hear. ) Oh, no ! This is not true I They cannot do it. They cannot succeed against such an Administration. They cannot put down the people ; tor as long as there is a heart to throb in this green isle, or us long as there is a God in heaven, I never will, I never can despair of Ireland.---( Loud cheers.) I am full of hope at present. We have a benevolent Administration, and I will, with the Irish people, persist in peaceably seeking what is due to them. __...( Hear.) I have never sought any thing but in a peaceable manner. By it we have already won emancipation ; and by it, please God, I will yet gain more and more for the green island of my birth.—( Loud cheers.) I defy all the Orange Tories in England or Ireland to replace the Tories in power. Shall they displace the Administration of Lord Melbourne ?—( Loud cries of " No, no.") Oh, how I wish that " No" was heard in St. Stephen's ; but it shall be heard there, I will utter it, arid I will tell them that you bid me to do so.—( Hear, hear.) They are resorting to every trick to regain their power. They are doing every thing to work upon the bad passions of the people—( Hear)—and acting upon their prejudices. they have even condescended to heap their abuses upon bne Daniel O'Connell ? Did you ever hear of so badly an abused man ? Why in that I beat Bonaparte; he beat Banagher, and Banagher beats the devil.—(Laughter.) But though I and thus abused, still I grow fat upon it, and I never cease to be merry.--i s Laughter.) I ;lever did cease, • and I D'::ver will cease fro m labouring t(1 earn the abuse of the miser. eants . ; and now I will meet them, and fight them face to face, with the irresistible forc e of popular opinion ; and, 'whilst I have the cheers of ti d e Irish people, what do I care for the abuse of , the Stand ar d or t h e Ti mes ?---(Loud cheers.) I am one or the people, and I am the re preseritativr., not only o f t hi s city, have ries 'out of the Irish people—( Cheers)—and I ca ll upon them as lovers. a peace and justice , to si.lpport the p resent excellent government. Thus shall we put down i tt w T e o — th ( e ll b e l ee r ; hear.) We have the Government with i —.the ate of the Irish Irish aristocracy au- A y gontr with u we have with all the peopl e us. Hurrah f or our side .— ( Cheers ) We have the people of Scotland w i t h US Scotland—(Cheers)—(l vte 4 all to a !nan. Hurrah for have that is good, and manly, and virtuous in I+{ glance with Hurrah d. ( Loud cheers,) We han us. for E nglan d.— (Loud with — us.--:( li.e4C. ) It se, the Reformed Corporations ~ns comical to praise a Corporation— (l'.a‘il"")-J.:)r the oldest man here does n , ..,t remember when I tiev ~... 1 , . ere called any thing else but the swindling, vagabond, plundering corporations.--(Laughter.) If a man had a bad I word to throw to a dog, it was " Corporation."—( Laughter. )